Name: 71371 -- Thornberry

Updated: 08-14-2020 03:08:77. Owner: James R. Thornberry

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Person Info

Name: William Henry THORNBERRY
Sex: M
Birth: 1850 in Estille, Scott Co.VA
Death: UNKNOWN in AR
Person Id: I0008
Tree Id: 349851

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Parents

Father:

Ira THORNBERRY: Birth: 1826 in Scott Co., VA. Death: BET. 1863 - 1864 in Killed along Mulberry River in AR by bushwackers

Mother:

Oma (Omy) WADE: Birth: 1826. Death: ABT. 1852 in Pike Co., KY?

Family
Marriage:

Married: Sarah Jane Hill on 29 JAN 1870 at Franklin Co., AR.
Sarah Jane Hill: Birth: ABT. 1853.

Children:

Edward THORNSBERRY: Birth: OCT 1872.

Family
Marriage:

Married: Mary CORNETT on MAR 1877 at AR.
Mary CORNETT: Birth: MAR 1851 in KY. Death: UNKNOWN

Children:

Marion THORNSBERRY: Birth: OCT 1878 in Greasy Creek, Combs, Madison Co., AR. Death: 8 NOV 1918 in Ira Thornberry Cem., Madison CO., AR
Hardin THORNSBERRY: Birth: SEP 1879.
Rachel Arminta THORNSBERRY: Birth: OCT 1881.
Ira THORNSBERRY: Birth: 20 JUN 1883.
George Washington THORNSBERRY: Birth: MAR 1886.
Myrtle THORNSBERRY: Birth: SEP 1888.
Jesse THORNSBERRY: Birth: 1891.
Polly Ann THORNSBERRY: Birth: FEB 1892.

Notes

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Note: Many people in the area where they settled in Arkansas insist on pronouncing their name Thornsberry. Consequently, William Henry's family accepted that spelling and their descendants go by Thornsberry today. His brother, the first Owen, believed their name was Thornberry and instilled that belief in his children. Owen's son, Hiram, insisted that their name had no "s"

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